Shepard Smith says Canadians 'not great at television' due to terror plot

As American networks switched from their 24-hour coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings to the RCMP briefing on Monday’s terror charges, Smith grew impatient with the Mounties’ slow-as-maple-syrup pace with information.

“Let’s get the details, in English and in French, it’s how they roll, they are still saying ‘hello’ over there and they are going to say ‘hello’ for a long time,” Smith told Fox News viewers. “God love Canada, but they’re not great at the television. I don’t know what else to say about it.

“The details, I expect, are going to be absolutely fascinating, let’s listen and see if we can wade through it.”

When they finished saying “hello” in both official languages, the RCMP announced that they arrested two foreign nationals involved in an alleged al-Qaeda-linked plot to derail a VIA Rail passenger train on the New York-to-Toronto route.

The attackers had allegedly received what police called “direction and guidance” from the core of al-Qaeda, operating out of Iran, where some members of Osama bin Laden’s terrorist group have operated since fleeing Afghanistan.

Smith did not indicate if he approved of the post-hello portion of the program.

Canadians, as they tend to do, took to Twitter to respond to the national shaming.